CVE-2009-5078 Other in n/a

What is CVE-2009-5078?

CVE-2009-5078 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 30 Jun 2011. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

contrib/pdfmark/pdfroff.sh in GNU troff (aka groff) before 1.21 launches the Ghostscript program without the -dSAFER option, which allows remote attackers to create, overwrite, rename, or delete arbitrary files via a crafted document.

Weakness: CWE-254

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-5078?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Apple Mac Os X, Gnu Groff.

How do I fix CVE-2009-5078?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2009-5078 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-5078 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2009-5078, GHSA-pg77-m46r-9ph2.